Haiku Collection in Japanese and English

Haiku collection for English speakers.

I am a native Japanese speaker.

Japanese haiku traditionally involves three lines, the first having five syllables, the second seven, and the third five again.

I write English Haiku in three lines. The syllable count does not necessarily match up with 5-7-5 in English.

To study better, I prepare Japanese Haiku, Kana, English Haiku, Kigo, and commentary for each one.


【俳句】：Original Japanese Haiku in traditional 5-7-5 syllables
【仮名】：Kana
【英訳】：English translated Haiku
【季語】：Kigo(Spring・Summer・Autumn・Winter)
【解説】：Commentary

Double-flowered
Ice cream scoops
The capitalism


Flow of honey
Slowness of the peace
April holiday


The first cherry blossom
Takes a breath
Year long breath


Sprout out
Long way to Heaven
The horsetails


Beginning of spring
Citizens dance
Around the gas fire plant


Gentleman
Chats with a tuna
Spring fisher rod


Black steel
Sweet steel
The valentine lab


Throw marshmallows
Thousand times
To your shadow


All saints wander
All Jerseys sell well
The zen monk day


Lunar new year
Wash the moon
In my pond


Should I go
to heaven
With my cosy jersey


Meet meat
eat Mate meet
fate Eat mate meat


Keyboard
I peeled an orange
Only a moment ago


Hardness of skin
Hardness of petal
The winter camellia


A naked brother
Slaps his belly
The wind song


Harder than jabs
Softer than hammers
The cat lovers